Week 34: May 12-16
Hi everyone! The end of the year is approaching rapidly. Belowi s a list of dates to keep you organized.
LakeViews Night Presenters May 16th 6:30-7:30pm check out the
http://lakeviews.weebly.com/
Saturday May 17th-Orchestra Concert
Monday, May 19– 5th grade band concert
Wednesday, May 21 – Peer mediator pool party
Thursday, May 22 – Field Day
Monday, May 26– Memorial Day (No School)
Wednesday, May 28 – 5th grade bowling (Permission slips & money due 5/19)
Thursday, May 29 – Field day rain date
Friday, May 30– Ice Cream Social
Monday, June 2– 5th graders go to JMS
Friday, June 2– Safety Pool party
Tuesday, June 10 – 5th grade Promotion
Wednesday, June 11 – 5th grade Activity Day
Thursday, June 12 – last day of school
ELA
During ELA students will practice the correct usage of accept and except while learning about the fascinating world of rare sports memorabilia. Also, students will read the story of Sydney Corcoran and her mother both who were injured in the Boston Marathon Bombing. Then students will read an excerpt from Barack Obamas’s speech about the tragedy. In this activity students will compare the two texts examining author’s craft,
inference, key ideas, and supporting details. Towards the end of the week students will find the central idea of an interview with Denzel Thompson a young teenager who built an urban garden. After students have determined the central idea of the interview they will write a 3 paragraph article about Denzel using
quotes from the interview.
SCIENCE
In the beginning of the week students will complete an Ecology Review. This review will serve as a formative assessment or check, to observe what skills students have mastered and what skills we still need to build upon. I’m anticipating that the Ecology Review will be complete over two days in class. After completing our Ecology review students will be placed in groups to build terrianums based on ecosystems that will be a
surprise. Most likely we will be taking the next couple weeks to complete this assignment in class. Along with building the terrianums students will be putting together a short commercial to persuade people to visit their ecosystem.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In this week’s lessons, students explore events such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, which led the colonies and Britain to ultimate armed conflict. They explore conflicting points of view regarding both events using several primary sources. Finally, they analyze causes and effects of the Intolerable Acts as they continue their exploration of power and authority.Later in the week, students explore the First Continental Congress and the issues of colonial unity, independence, and political action. After they examine the
actions and ideas of colonial leaders involved in the First Continental Congress, students engage in a simulation of the Congress. They are introduced to civic ideas and text from the era through “The Declaration of Resolves of the First Continental Congress” and Patrick Henry’s speech in the House of Burgesses on
March 23, 1775, as they explore the events leading up to the battles of Lexington and Concord.
MATH
This week in Math we are working on multiplying and dividing not only fractions and whole numbers but mixed numbers too. Also, we will be converting fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions (Sections 2.7 & 2.8). Believe it or not but multiplying and dividing fractions is much easier than adding and subtracting unlike denominators as long as you know your times tables. At any rate when you multiply fractions all you
do is multiply the numerators and then multiply the denominators and if you have to simplify, do so by using the less common denominator for each number and then divide. The first thing you do when you see a division problem that involves fractions you change it into a multiplication problem. Keep the first term,
switch the division to multiplication, and then flip the fraction (reciprocal).
For example: 2/3 divided by 4/6
Keep 2/3 switch to multiplication Flip to 6/4 so it looks like this 2/3 x 6/4=12/12 which equals 1.
Hi everyone! The end of the year is approaching rapidly. Belowi s a list of dates to keep you organized.
LakeViews Night Presenters May 16th 6:30-7:30pm check out the
http://lakeviews.weebly.com/
Saturday May 17th-Orchestra Concert
Monday, May 19– 5th grade band concert
Wednesday, May 21 – Peer mediator pool party
Thursday, May 22 – Field Day
Monday, May 26– Memorial Day (No School)
Wednesday, May 28 – 5th grade bowling (Permission slips & money due 5/19)
Thursday, May 29 – Field day rain date
Friday, May 30– Ice Cream Social
Monday, June 2– 5th graders go to JMS
Friday, June 2– Safety Pool party
Tuesday, June 10 – 5th grade Promotion
Wednesday, June 11 – 5th grade Activity Day
Thursday, June 12 – last day of school
ELA
During ELA students will practice the correct usage of accept and except while learning about the fascinating world of rare sports memorabilia. Also, students will read the story of Sydney Corcoran and her mother both who were injured in the Boston Marathon Bombing. Then students will read an excerpt from Barack Obamas’s speech about the tragedy. In this activity students will compare the two texts examining author’s craft,
inference, key ideas, and supporting details. Towards the end of the week students will find the central idea of an interview with Denzel Thompson a young teenager who built an urban garden. After students have determined the central idea of the interview they will write a 3 paragraph article about Denzel using
quotes from the interview.
SCIENCE
In the beginning of the week students will complete an Ecology Review. This review will serve as a formative assessment or check, to observe what skills students have mastered and what skills we still need to build upon. I’m anticipating that the Ecology Review will be complete over two days in class. After completing our Ecology review students will be placed in groups to build terrianums based on ecosystems that will be a
surprise. Most likely we will be taking the next couple weeks to complete this assignment in class. Along with building the terrianums students will be putting together a short commercial to persuade people to visit their ecosystem.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In this week’s lessons, students explore events such as the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party, which led the colonies and Britain to ultimate armed conflict. They explore conflicting points of view regarding both events using several primary sources. Finally, they analyze causes and effects of the Intolerable Acts as they continue their exploration of power and authority.Later in the week, students explore the First Continental Congress and the issues of colonial unity, independence, and political action. After they examine the
actions and ideas of colonial leaders involved in the First Continental Congress, students engage in a simulation of the Congress. They are introduced to civic ideas and text from the era through “The Declaration of Resolves of the First Continental Congress” and Patrick Henry’s speech in the House of Burgesses on
March 23, 1775, as they explore the events leading up to the battles of Lexington and Concord.
MATH
This week in Math we are working on multiplying and dividing not only fractions and whole numbers but mixed numbers too. Also, we will be converting fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions (Sections 2.7 & 2.8). Believe it or not but multiplying and dividing fractions is much easier than adding and subtracting unlike denominators as long as you know your times tables. At any rate when you multiply fractions all you
do is multiply the numerators and then multiply the denominators and if you have to simplify, do so by using the less common denominator for each number and then divide. The first thing you do when you see a division problem that involves fractions you change it into a multiplication problem. Keep the first term,
switch the division to multiplication, and then flip the fraction (reciprocal).
For example: 2/3 divided by 4/6
Keep 2/3 switch to multiplication Flip to 6/4 so it looks like this 2/3 x 6/4=12/12 which equals 1.